Thursday, July 02, 2009
Mini Exchange #20
I decided to participate in this CoolMiniOrNot tradition once again. Sent to "ghetti" in Manitoba:
Giant barbarian (Confrontation), Asian gong and striker (Pulp Figures), Golgoth the Ancient (Reaper), and some small stuff.
Received from UnDave in the UK:
LOLWUT? Yeah... it's a giant dragon, and a giant motorcycle-chaos-looking-guy. So much for shrinking my collection.
Giant barbarian (Confrontation), Asian gong and striker (Pulp Figures), Golgoth the Ancient (Reaper), and some small stuff.
Received from UnDave in the UK:
LOLWUT? Yeah... it's a giant dragon, and a giant motorcycle-chaos-looking-guy. So much for shrinking my collection.
Labels: Mini Exchange
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Weird War 2, again...
Gepanzerte Truppen
15 mm
Another World War 2 that (thankfully) never was... Wehrmacht space marines :P These finely-sculpted little 15 mm figures are from Eureka in Australia.
15 mm
Another World War 2 that (thankfully) never was... Wehrmacht space marines :P These finely-sculpted little 15 mm figures are from Eureka in Australia.
Labels: WWII
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Don't look a gift elf in the mouth
Caelon, Half-Elf Warlock
28mm
Well he's done. I really enjoy painting things green, it seems...
I originally planned for the base to look a lot like these from Micro Art Studios, but ended up being more inspired by a friend's photos of the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, overgrown with trees and vines.
28mm
Well he's done. I really enjoy painting things green, it seems...
I originally planned for the base to look a lot like these from Micro Art Studios, but ended up being more inspired by a friend's photos of the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, overgrown with trees and vines.
Labels: gifts
Friday, May 15, 2009
Canned Meat
Barrel Zombie
28 mm
This canned meat tends to eat you instead.
Also, some progress on Caelon, the elf. I like how the green is turning out.
28 mm
This canned meat tends to eat you instead.
Also, some progress on Caelon, the elf. I like how the green is turning out.
Labels: gifts
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Character project
Half-Elf Warlock
28 mm
This is a Reaper mini, chosen to be as close as possible to my friend David's Dungeons and Dragons character "Caelón". I thought he might appreciate his alter ego in tiny form :) I'll convert the staff to hold an orb, as per his description.
Barrel Zombie
28 mm
A fun and gruesome mini from Eureka. It's a pickled zombie, escaping from a 40 gallon drum.
28 mm
This is a Reaper mini, chosen to be as close as possible to my friend David's Dungeons and Dragons character "Caelón". I thought he might appreciate his alter ego in tiny form :) I'll convert the staff to hold an orb, as per his description.
Barrel Zombie
28 mm
A fun and gruesome mini from Eureka. It's a pickled zombie, escaping from a 40 gallon drum.
Labels: gifts
Monday, April 20, 2009
Yith Master
Yithian
80 mm
Well, I think this thing came out looking pretty much the way I wanted it to look - alien but not garish. I considered making the colours a lot darker/grungier, but this pretty much is how HPL described the Yithians, for once something that wasn't shadowy and ichorous.
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In response to javi's comment: the grey parts are just grey, except where they blend into coloured areas. As for the base, I didn't even really want to have one - it's a free-standing creature - but I think it worked out all right, and it'll save me from a bunch of CoolMiniOrNot comments saying "if this had a base I'd like it better" so I made it out of card stock and foamcore. The plain octagonal floor slabs are as described in the original text.
80 mm
Well, I think this thing came out looking pretty much the way I wanted it to look - alien but not garish. I considered making the colours a lot darker/grungier, but this pretty much is how HPL described the Yithians, for once something that wasn't shadowy and ichorous.
In response to javi's comment: the grey parts are just grey, except where they blend into coloured areas. As for the base, I didn't even really want to have one - it's a free-standing creature - but I think it worked out all right, and it'll save me from a bunch of CoolMiniOrNot comments saying "if this had a base I'd like it better" so I made it out of card stock and foamcore. The plain octagonal floor slabs are as described in the original text.
Labels: Lovecraft
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Beginnings
Home for Easter, I found a few things I painted a long time ago. I think these were done around 1990-1992, when I was in high school. They actually don't look too bad to me now, but I think that's probably more an indication of how little I've developed in the intervening time, rather than any precocious show of talent.
What's available to paint has come a long way too... back then the range of characters to choose from tended a lot more towards basic sci-fi and fantasy tropes. There was some unusual stuff, but if it wasn't available at a local store... it wasn't available. No eBay, of course: what a grim and joyless world, I don't know how I survived.
